Taylor and Semien Torch LAD as Mets Erupt for Five in Seventh

The Mets trailed 3-1 heading into the sixth inning, then outscored the Dodgers 7-0 the rest of the way to win 8-3. Two three-run home runs — one from Tyrone Taylor, one from Marcus Semien — did most of the damage.

For four-plus innings, this looked like a Dodgers win in the making. Los Angeles scratched out three runs on a Freeman double in the third that tied it, a Muncy groundout that put them ahead, and an Alfonzo groundout in the fourth that pushed the lead to 3-1. Emmet Sheehan was doing his part on the mound — 5.0 innings, 3 hits, 1 earned run, 5 strikeouts — and Freddy Peralta was leaking, allowing 6 hits and 2 earned runs in just 4.0 innings. On paper, LAD had every reason to feel comfortable.

Then the sixth inning happened. Tyrone Taylor launched a 405-foot home run to left, scoring Benge and Robert Jr. alongside him, and just like that it was 4-3 New York. The win probability swung from 27% to 69% on that single swing — a 42-point shift that effectively flipped the game's identity. What had been a Dodgers lead became a Mets advantage, and the momentum, it appears, never came back to Los Angeles.

The seventh inning was where the Mets buried it. A passed ball by Rushing scored Ewing and moved Bichette to second, and then Semien stepped in and hit a 366-foot home run to left, plating Bichette and Polanco to make it 8-3. Semien finished 1-for-1 with 3 RBI and a run scored. Taylor matched him: 1-for-3, 3 RBI, a run scored. Between those two, the Mets generated six of their eight runs. The story of the night was New York's bullpen finishing what the offense started — Cionel Perez threw 2.0 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts, and Devin Williams added a perfect inning with 3 more punchouts to close it out. Freeman went 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Dodgers, and Edman added two hits, but LAD's offense went completely quiet after the fourth inning. Final: NYM 8, LAD 3.